FELIPE BENICIO ALVA CARRILLO

Created: 6/1/1991

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elationship with the CIA.

documented official contact withanner and leader ofCivilian Defense Patrols (CVDC) in Huehuetenango,

had been in contact with the Station

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reminded the Station that the CVDC had been accused of human rights violations in the oast.

whether he, or any forces under his control, had ever beenuman rights violations.

is cussed the human rights issue with Alva.

Alva said that he had stressed the importance of human rights standards and believed that he had been successful in this regard. Alva noted that the CVDC in Huehuetenango had avoided the cnridsm that groups in other departments received. Alva also addressed the deaths of two American citizens in Huehuetenango several years before. The names of the Americans were not included in the Station report, but were likely to be Nicholas Blake and Griffith

was active in the CVDC in hhienuetenango when the deaths occurred

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and indicated that the topic would be discussed in detail in later meetings with

lva was questioned about the human rights situationHe confirmed that two American citizensin Huehuetenangoossibly by armed villagersthey were guerrilla this

version of events had never been confirmed. According to AJva, the CVDC was reorganized because of the deaths of the Americans, resulting in the establishmententralized system to gain more control over its patrolsormal leadership structure to ensure that the patrols would be under more direct supervision. Alva said that he assumed the responsibilities of leader of the CVDC during the reorganization and was quite proud of the lack of human rights related incidents in Huehuetenango since he had been leading the

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that summarized the recovery of the remains of Blake and Davis, the American citizens who disappeared Ln the hills of Guatemalaccording to thisearch party consisting of friends and relatives of the missing men traveled to Guatemala toinal attempt to locate their remains. Alva, as head of the civil patrollers, led the groupite where he said the bones had been burned andedical anthropologist, whoember of the search party, quickly determined that the bones found at the site had been "salted" there and that the site did not contain the remains. Later that evening, Alva was pressured to lead the expedition to the real site. According to the report, Alva himself may have been duped by the civil patrollers as to the location of the actual site. Two days later, one of the civil patrolmen led the group to the actual site, where the remains of the two dead men were recovered, /tf)

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Alvaoan to pay for an attorney toeward for locating the body. citizen. Alva said that he met with the Embassy Defense Attache Officer, who promised to communicate with the Blake family to determine if the family would pay the reward. Alva said that he was unable to meet financial commitments that he had made based on the promise of the reward. His requestoan was rejected.^cf

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